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cent, 1 to 1.5 mm long, about twice as long as the subtending 

 bracteoles. Calyx pubescent, the lobes four, 0.5 mm long, ex- 

 tending about one-half to the base. Disk very prominent, cup- 

 shaped, truncate, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, the stigmas 

 terminal. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Raram, Hose 297, October 10, 1894. 



A species well characterized by its prominent, rubiginous indumentum; 

 its short-petioled, slenderly acuminate leaves; its simple, axillary, spikelike, 

 peduncled racemes; and the prominent, cup-shaped, truncate, glabrous 

 disk of its pistillate flowers. 



ANTIDESMA STENOPHYLLUM sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor, glabra; foliis lanceolatis ad anguste lan- 

 ceolatis, usque ad 17 cm longis et 3.5 cm latis, utrinque sub- 

 aequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice longe acuminatis, coria- 

 ceis, nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 10; stipulis anguste lan- 

 ceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 7 mm longis; spicis $ axillaribus, 

 solitariis, tenuibus, usque ad 5 cm longis ; floribus 4- vel 5-meris, 

 calycis laciniis brevibus, rotundatis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub or small tree, the branches terete, 

 grayish or brownish. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 olivaceous, shining, 11 to 17 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, subequally 

 narrowed to the acute base and to the long and slenderly acu- 

 minate apex ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 slender, curved-ascending; petioles stout, up to 5 mm in length; 

 stipules lanceolate, coriaceous, acuminate, about 7 mm long. 

 Male spikes slender, solitary, axillary, up to 5 cm in length. 

 Flowers 4- and 5-merous, sessile, the bracteoles small, rounded. 

 Calyx about 1.5 mm in diameter, shallowly 4- or 5-lobed, the 

 lobes rounded, much shorter than the tube. Pistillate flowers 

 and fruits unknown. 



Sarawak, Mount Sudan, Native collector 2081 (Bur. Sci.) February- 

 June, 1914. 



A very characteristic species, distinguishable at once by its very long 

 and narrow, slenderly acuminate, narrowly lanceolate, coriaceous leaves. 



ANTIDESMA TOMENTOSUM Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1126; J. J. Sm. in 

 Koord. & Valet. Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 12 (1910) 264. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Entoyut River, Hose 882, December, 1894. 



The specimen is with pistillate flowers, and agrees perfectly with 

 Smith's extended description. The species has already been reported 

 from Borneo by Smith, as well as from Java, the Batoe Islands, and 

 Celebes; and, by the reduction of Antidesma kingii Hook f., to Perak. 



APOROSA Blume 



APOROSA EUPHLEBIA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; foliis anguste 

 oblongis, usque ad 25 cm longis, utrinque nitidis, concoloribus, 



